Deck 18: Prospects for the Twenty-First Century

Question 1

Critical psychology

A)encourages harsh but realistic analyses of human potential
B)has a long history within experimental psychology
C)serves to unify psychology
D)hopes to promote a deeper and wider consciousness of the relations between our actions and the ways we perceive the world and ourselves

Answer 1

hopes to promote a deeper and wider consciousness of the relations between our actions and the ways we perceive the world and ourselves

Question 2

One lesson from the Hoffman Report incident is that

A)vigilance is required in areas where politics and science have the potential to interface
B)basic psychological research is best left in the laboratory
C)strong research can be generalized to real-world settings
D)the Boulder model is flawed

Answer 2

vigilance is required in areas where politics and science have the potential to interface

Question 3

The psychology of religion

A)is the psychology of people who attend church
B)is about belief
C)requires training in theology
D)is not a relevant topic of scientific interest in the twenty-first century

Answer 3

is about belief

Question 4

A major benefit to qualitative research is that it

A)is relatively inexpensive to execute
B)provides rich descriptions of human experience
C)can be conducted over the internet
D)permits sophisticated statistical analyses

Question 5

Identify the subfield that dampened research on motivation

A)cognitive psychology
B)health psychology
C)positive psychology
D)forensic psychology

Question 6

Due to this person's rigorous experimental study of eyewitness testimony, the field of psychology and the law grew in size and surged in prominence.

A)Hugo Münsterberg
B)Walter Dill Scott
C)Marion Almira Bills
D)Elizabeth Loftus

Question 7

Which of the following events did NOT play a significant role in the extension of psychology to the legal
System?

A)the trial of Daniel M'Naughton
B)the use of psychological science by Louis D. Brandeis to argue for better working conditions for women
C)the use of psychological science in the desegregation case, Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
D)Theodore Roosevelt's recognition of the work of Mary Parker Follett

Question 8

This central figure in early applied psychology helped inspire the extension of applied psychology into both business arenas and the legal system.

A)Mary Parker Follett
B)Lillian Gilbreth
C)Walter Dill Scott
D)Hugo Münsterberg

Question 9

The study of the relationships between humans and the natural world is

A)ecopsychology
B)philosophical psychology
C)intersectionality
D)critical psychology

Question 10

Positive psychology emerged from concerns that

A)psychology was too focused on experimentation
B)the philosophical underpinnings of the discipline had been lost
C)psychology had been excessively problem-focused
D)psychology was trying too hard to emulate the physical sciences

Question 11

Health psychology can contribute to our knowledge of

A)the relationship between attitudes and optimal physical functioning
B)moral concerns regarding access to health services
C)problems of aging
D)all of the above

Question 12

Define intersectionality.

A)awareness that each of us carries multiple privileged and devalued identities
B)an ideal blend of research and clinical skills
C)merged research methods
D)statistical method suited for large data sets

Question 13

In addressing issues of sex and gender, psychology must

A)merge its conceptualizations of the two
B)clarify its conceptualizations of the two
C)limit research to self-report studies
D)conduct studies with larger sample sizes

Question 14

Psychology's exploration of topics such as health equity is expanded by

A)its disunity
B)globalization
C)its narrow focus
D)the Hoffman Report

Question 15

The extent to which other sciences are unified is a gauge concerning

A)the number of subfields appropriate for a science like psychology
B)the validity of psychological research methods
C)the validity of qualitative research methods
D)the degree to which psychology is unified